I think writers are very anxious.
The taxes of government are heavy enough, but not so heavy as the taxes we lay upon ourselves.
Men cannot labor on always. They must have recreation.
There is nothing to do with men [and women] but to love them; to contemplate their virtues with admiration, their faults with pity and forbearance, and their injuries with forgiveness.
Occupied people are not unhappy people.
Men cannot labor on always. They must have intervals of relaxation. They cannot sleep through these intervals. What are they to do? Why, if they do not work or sleep, they must have recreation. And if they have not recreation from healthful sources, they will be very likely to take it from the poisoned fountains of intemperance. Or, if they have pleasures, which, though innocent, are forbidden by the maxims of public morality, their very pleasures are liable to become poisoned fountains.
Labor is man's greatest function. He is nothing, he can do nothing, he can achieve nothing, he can fulfill nothing, without working.
It's not that sexual liberation or feminist messages are dead.
A real man is one who remembers the lady's birthday, but never knows how old she is. A man who never remembers her birthday, but knows exactly how old she is, - is her husband.
A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
I'm not going to pretend that bad things don't happen. I just hope my daughter has enough understanding that when they do, just give me a call.